Neten

Neten

Neten

Neten

Neten

Neten

Neten

GHOST

Last one out did not need to turn off the lights.

CountryRussia
StatusAbandoned
Population0 (probably)
Coordinates66.9733, -171.9244
66°58′24″N 171°55′28″W
ZoneInside the Arctic Circle
HemispheresNorthern + Western
Sun timeUTC-11:28 (what the sun thinks)
Distance to North Pole2 560 km
Distance to Null Island12 541 km
Antipode-66.9733, 8.0756 (the exact opposite side of Earth)
Weirdness rating★★★★
Yandex satelliteGoogle satelliteSoviet maps (nakarte)WikimapiaGeoNamesSearch Tageo

Notes

How I found it

Tageo lists Neten (Нетен) in Chukotka as a "populated place". Only a few sites mention it, and they all copy the same US NGA place-name database.

What it actually is

Russian sources spell it Нэттэн. It is Cape Netten, a rocky cape on the Chukchi Sea, about 3 km northwest of the village of Enurmino. The name comes from the Yupik word Natuq, "blooming".
On the cape there was a Soviet polar station, "Mys Netten". An abandoned Eskimo camp is also nearby.

The old Soviet map

The Soviet topographic map labels it "полярн. ст. Мыс Нэттэн (недейств.)", which means "polar station Cape Netten (not operating)". It shows three buildings on the west shore and a dirt track leading southeast toward Enurmino.

Today

On ESRI satellite imagery the three buildings are still standing, with roofs. One unverified source says a single Chukchi family still lived there at some point.

Verdict

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